Hamamatsu Hotels

Hamamatsu is a city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. On July 1, 2005, the city merged with 11 surrounding cities and towns. It became a city designated by government ordinance on April 1, 2007. The area now comprising Hamamatsu city has been settled since prehistoric times, with numerous remains from the Jomon period and Kofun period having been discovered within the present city limits. In the Nara period, it became the capital of Tôtômi Province. During the Sengoku period, Hamamatsu Castle was the home of future Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. Hamamatsu flourished during the Edo period under a succession of daimyo rulers as a castle town, and as a post town on the Tôkaidô. After the Meiji Restoration, Hamamatsu became a short-lived prefecture from 1871-1876, after which it was united with Shizuoka Prefecture. The Tôkaidô Main Line railway opened Hamamatsu Station in 1889. The same year, in a cadastal reform of Japan, Hamamatsu was proclaimed Hamamatsu Town.